- Newborn health
Newborn deaths account for 47% of deaths among children under the age of 5 globally, resulting in 2 4 million lives lost each year About one third of newborn deaths occur on the day of birth and close to three quarters occur within the first week of life In addition, almost 2 million babies born with no signs of life at 28 weeks of pregnancy or more (stillbirths) and 295 000 maternal deaths
- Essential newborn care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Essential newborn care High-quality universal newborn health care is the right of every newborn everywhere Babies have the right to be protected from injury and infection, to breathe normally, to be warm and to be fed All newborns should have access to essential newborn care, which is the critical care for all babies in the first days after
- Newborn health WPRO
A newborn infant, or neonate, refers to a baby in the first 28 days of life, a period marked by the highest risk of morbidity and mortality Enhancing neonatal survival and health and preventing avoidable deaths and stillbirths requires achieving high coverage of quality antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal care for both mothers and newborns Neonatal deaths, which occur
- Caring for a newborn - World Health Organization (WHO)
Home Tools and toolkits Your life, your health - Tips and information for health and well-being Life phase Newborns and children under 5 years Caring for a newborn
- Newborn mortality - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO fact sheet on newborn mortality, including key facts, causes, priority strategies, newborn care and WHO response
- Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
The vast majority of newborn deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries It is possible to improve survival rates and the health of newborns, and to end preventable stillbirths, by reaching high coverage of quality antenatal care, skilled care at birth, postnatal care for mother and baby, and care of small and sick newborns
- Early essential newborn care delivers better health for higher-risk babies
Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC), a set of simple WHO-recommended and cost-effective interventions, is a proven life-saving practice that benefits all mothers and newborns The core steps of EENC include drying the baby immediately after birth, beginning immediate skin-to-skin contact for no less than 90 minutes, clamping the cord when pulsations stop and cutting it with a sterile
- Every Newborn Action Plan - World Health Organization (WHO)
Every Newborn progress report One year after the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) was endorsed at the 67th World Health Assembly, 15 of 18 low-resource countries identified as having the highest newborn mortality rates took action to improve maternal and newborn care around the time of birth and to save lives At least four countries – Ghana, India, Indonesia and Pakistan – finalized
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